Affidavits of Prejudice - New legislation effective July 1, 2008, amends RCW 3.34.110 and clarifies what is considered a discretionary ruling.

Seattle Municipal Court DUI Guide- Attorneys Helping those accused of Seattle DUIsThis article is meant to help people who have been accused of a Seattle DUI and will be in Seattle Municipal Court. May 2008.

2008 DUI Legislative Update - Ignition Interlock License- What Has the World Come To? A DUI Law That Helps the Accused. This article updates information on the passage of HB 3254 and the "Ignition Interlock License", or "IIL". Published in Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - DUI Update, May 2008.

Felony DUI Law and 2006 Legislative Update- A felony DUI bill has been passed into law by the 2006 legislature. This article outlines this new felony DUI law and other issues that are on the Washington State DUI horizon. Published in Washington Criminal Defense, May 2006, Volume 20, No. 2.

Checklisting Your Way To An Acquittal. - An inside look at how DUI Defense Attorneys can prepare for suppression or acquittal. From Geoff Burg's presentation at the 2005 Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice's 21st annual"Defending DUIs" Seminar.

In 2004, an independent assessment of Washington's efforts to reduce impaired driving found that our laws were unnecessarily complex and there was too much local variation in enforcement and the courts. The assessment team also identified specific concerns relating to the "zero tolerance" law for minors, absence of sobriety checkpoints, use of portable breath testing devices, admissibility of breath test results, use of blood tests as an alternative to breath tests, paperwork involved in arrests, deferrals of prosecution, the non-felony status of impaired driving, and the effect of liability risk on probation systems.

This report examines in more detail the concerns identified by the assessment team and others. It is based on review of our laws, interviews with those who participated in the assessment as well as other stakeholders, and observations.

In 1975, the Washington State Legislature established a deferred prosecution option for offenders arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and/or impairing drugs (DUI).1 This option was intended to encourage individuals to seek appropriate treatment.

In 1998, the legislature modified the DUI statutes. Among other changes, the length of deferred prosecution supervision was increased from two to five years and defendants were restricted to one deferred prosecution per lifetime.

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